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a foodstuff made from the baked bulbs of Camassia quamash (cf. camas, n.), eaten esp. by the North American Indians of the Pacific Northwest.
Originally: the western North American plant Camassia quamash (family Agavaceae (formerly Liliaceae)), with blue flowers and sweet bulbs used for…
any of various North American plants having starchy edible roots, esp. of the genera Camassia (family Asparagaceae) and Lomatium (family Apiaceae)…